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Span may refer to:
Science, technology and engineering
[edit]- Span (unit), the width of a human hand
- Span (engineering), a section between two intermediate supports
- Wingspan, the distance between the wingtips of a bird or aircraft
- Sorbitan esters, also known as a spans
- Nebbiolo, an Italian wine grape also known as Span
Mathematics
[edit]- Linear span, or simply span, in linear algebra
- Span (category theory)
Computing
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, an HTML element; See span and div- Switched Port Analyzer, Cisco implementation of port mirroring
- Smartphone ad hoc network
- Critical path length in analysis of parallel algorithms
Other uses
[edit]- Span (band), a Norwegian rock band
- Span (design firm), an American design studio
- SPAN magazine, a publication of the US Embassy, New Delhi, India; see former editor V. D. Trivadi
- Saudi Payments Network
- CME SPAN, Standard Portfolio Analysis of Risk, for futures contracts
- Span Developments, former UK builder
People
[edit]- Denard Span (born 1984), a baseball outfielder
- Henrik Span Danish shipbuilder and admiral (1634–1694)
- Span., taxonomic author abbreviation of Johan Baptist Spanoghe (1798–1838), Dutch botanical collector